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Giants quarterback Eli Manning was a teammate of 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis for one season at Ole Miss.
And Manning good-naturedly expressed disbelief today that he wasn’t a college teammate of the Niners’ other team captain, running back Frank Gore. More »

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Giants quarterback Eli Manning has a vivid memory; it’s of Patrick Willis racing down field on kickoff coverage as a freshman at Ole Miss and whacking Alabama returners. Willis was a freshman during Manning’s last year at Mississippi, and the two struck up a friendship. “We go back a long way,” Manning said. After that […] More »

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The past two quarterbacks the 49ers have faced — Cleveland’s Colt McCoy and Washington’s John Beck — have a combined record of 5-18 as starters in their less-than-illustrious careers.
Next up is the Giants’ Eli Manning, who, as they say, has a few more skins on the wall. More »

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I spent most of the day traveling back from the East Coast, so I missed the happenings in Santa Clara today. Fortunately, several of the writers who were present were generous enough to pass along transcripts. The most surprising e-mail I received was a Q&A with running backs coach Tom Rathman, who met with the […] More »

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Winning teams sound like the 49ers did after their 19-11 victory over the Redskins on Sunday.
They are not, for example, consumed with matters beyond the scoreboard.
Here’s running back Frank Gore: “I’m just focused on winning.” More »

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It may not have been a beautiful win, but with a 19-11 victory over the Redskins, the 49ers now have quite a bit to be proud of. They’re 7-1, lead the NFC West almost unsurmountably and are 4-0 on the road for the first time since 1992. Frank Gore had another solid outing, rushing for […] More »

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As Carlos Rogers’ inability to secure interceptions reached near-comical levels last year, Joseph White noted how the cornerback with bad hands remained unfailingly good with the media.
White, who covers the Redskins for the Associated Press, never saw… More »

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Landover, —
Md. – Capitalize when the other team messes up. Hit the occasional big play. Give the ball to Frank Gore a lot.
There’s nothing fancy about the way the San Francisco 49ers are running away with the NFC West, and it was more of the same Su… More »

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— On Nov. 14, 1920, the Buffalo All-Americans beat the Columbus Panhandles, 43-7, at Canisius College in Buffalo to open the season with their seventh straight win.
Last week, nearly 91 years later, the San Francisco 49ers joined their long-forgotten… More »

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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 49ers’ first Super Bowl win,–and the decade of dominance that followed–’San Francisco Legends Live’ will host a group interview/reflection at the Nob Hill Masonic Center in San Francisco featuring Joe Montana, Jerry Rice, Ronnie Lott, and Roger Craig, to name a few. The former 49ers will reflect on […] More »

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— In his first four seasons in the NFL, 49ers linebacker Patrick Willis twice led the NFL in tackles and he never finished out of the league’s top 10.
That was great.
But wins are better.
That was Willis’ message Thursday when asked about his stats f… More »

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— It didn’t appear that Vernon Davis was involved in one of the 49ers’ biggest plays of the season, Alex Smith’s game-winning touchdown pass to tight end Delanie Walker in a 25-19 victory at Detroit on Oct. 16.
But offensive coordinator Greg Roman no… More »

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In each of their first seven games, the 49ers have scored a rushing touchdown while not allowing a rushing touchdown by their opponent.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, they are the first team with such a seven-game streak in 18 years. The last team to accomplish the feat: the 1993 49ers. More »

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Niners tight end Vernon Davis said friends have contacted him with statistical requests prior his meeting against the Redskins on Sunday, his first NFL game back in his hometown.
“’Vernon, I need you to light it up this week – two touchdowns, 160 yards,’” Davis said, relaying those requests to the media today in front of his locker. More »

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When Jevon Kearse set the rookie record for sacks in 1999 with 14.5, he earned the nickname, “The Freak.” Well now 49ers rookie Aldon Smith is challenging Kearse’s record with 6.5 sacks over seven games, so what should we be calling Smith? Smith has toyed with the name, “The Truth.” But he’s not sure if […] More »

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For the first part of wide receiver Michael Crabtree’s career, he played split end. Meaning that typically, Crabtree was lined up on the opposite side from the tight end. In most West Coast offenses, the split end or “X” was clearly the number two receiver. They usually lined up on the quarterback’s left side and […] More »

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After four dominant performances in a row, Frank Gore is on the short list for potential MVP candidates just about halfway through the season. But with opposing teams certainly preparing for Gore and a rush-dominated offensive attack, how will that affect his stats for the remaining nine games? According to ESPN.com, eight-man fronts haven’t stopped […] More »

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In his first season in San Francisco, cornerback Carlos Rogers has already collected as many wins as he did last year with the Redskins (six) and has established a career-high in interceptions with three.
In fact, things are going so well with his new … More »

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If the 49ers’ Aldon Smith doesn’t win the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year award it might be because his counterpart Sunday, Redskins outside linebacker Ryan Kerrigan, has had an even more impressive debut.
Seven games into the season, the first-year… More »